The Big Mistake the ‘Golden Bachelor’ Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist Made
Finding love later in life often means thinking outside the box
Everyone — OK, not everyone, but many people — is talking about how Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner and his wife of three months, Theresa Nist, are divorcing.
As the 72-year-old dad and grandfather told Good Morning America,
“Theresa and I have had a number of heart-to-heart conversations and we’ve looked closely at our situation — our living situation — and we’ve kind of come to the conclusion mutually that it’s time for us to dissolve our marriage. … The thing that strikes me the most in our conversations, it’s been how dedicated both of us are to our families … So we look at these situations and I think we just feel like it’s best for the happiness of each of us to, to live apart.”
I don’t have much faith in the “reality” of reality TV. That said, as I wrote before the series first aired last September before we knew which “lucky” woman would end up being Gerry’s bride,
“This is the first time the reality TV franchise is featuring older singles and what it reveals is that finding love in your later years comes with complications that past contestants, mostly in their 20s and 30s, don’t have to deal with. Like having…
